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William Beard

Wm. Beard
Full Name: William Beard
Birth date: March 30, 1843
Death date: July 6, 1917

Terms of Service

  • House, 19th Legislature
    1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Company B, Morgan's Battalion, Parson's Brigade, Cavalry branch, according to soldier's application. William Beard of Henderson, Rusk County, born about 1843 in Tennessee, death date 7/6/1917. Includes death notice for William Beard of Marshall, Texas, and note on application for mortuary warrant, both from his son P.O. Beard of Marshall. Pension File No. 27629, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1900 - Wm. Beard, Rusk County, age 57, born March 1843 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Catherine.
    Census of 1910 - William Beard, Rusk County, age 67, born circa 1843 in Texas, widowed. FamilySearch . 1900 1910
  • Wm. Beard, birth date 3/30/1843, death date 7/6/1917, burial in Turner-Wasson Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County, with wife Catherine E. Beard. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, 7/6/1917, p. 2; and memorial resolution of the Harrison County Bar Association, 7/13/1917, p. 3. William Beard, father of Judge P.O. Beard of Marshall. Marshall Messenger .
  • Biographical sketch, William Beard, p. 7. Born 3/30/1843 in Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
  • Served in the Civil War under Generals A.S. Johnston and Taylor. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
  • Death notice, Gilmer Daily Mirror, 7/11/1917, p. 4. William Beard, formerly lived in Rusk County, father of Judge P.O. Beard. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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